by Ken Rice
Judging by the pictures and captions over the past month on nerail there have been two separate derailments both involving seriously messed up track. I recall seeing one photo caption that implied a rescue train and pulled everything back to Nashua after the first repair, but there’s also a photo caption that implies it’s still the same train. So I’m not sure. Some interesting photos can be found of both derailments on the first couple pages of results of this search:
http://photos.nerail.org/search/searchr ... ING=Derail
That branch really needs ties and roadbed more than anything else. New rail would be good too, but rail that’s basically sitting on mud can only do so much. The existing light rail would probably do much better if it was properly supported.
http://photos.nerail.org/search/searchr ... ING=Derail
That branch really needs ties and roadbed more than anything else. New rail would be good too, but rail that’s basically sitting on mud can only do so much. The existing light rail would probably do much better if it was properly supported.